It’s the wintertime now and it seems only natural for your child to be wearing a wintercoat when you’re traveling in the car. However what you may not realize is that the wintercoat is endangering your child’s life.

How?

When your child wears a winter coat when they are restrained in a car seat, the harness straps are not pulled tightly enough and in the case of an accident – your child can literally go flying out of the seat. Don’t believe me? The TODAY show aired a segment on this issue and even set up some crash tests to show you how real this danger is. You’ll be shocked to see what happens –

So what is the solution? Well – you should remove your older child’s coat before buckling them up into a convertible car seat. For an infant – look into the amazing JJ Cole car seat covers or infant footmuffs that are designed to fit an infant seat. They are truly warm, and the harness rests directly on your baby’s body, secured tightly.

Ellena

I am a regular mom of the 3 most adorable girls! I was working at PishPosh for almost 2 years before I had my first, and I pretty much knew exactly what gear would work for me and my lifestyle after my hands-on experience. I love researching new products and sharing the updates with fellow moms who care about what's new in the fascinating and ever-changing Baby Gear World.

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1 Comments

Joel

That video isn’t really good to prove anything. It’s not news and it should be common sense, when the reporter strapped his child in there was so much space when he checked to see if it was a snug tight fit. It’s pathetic and just click bait in the news part. Secure your child in PROPERLY with a jacket on and off it’ll be fine. DO NOT SECURE your child properly with or without a jacket and it will NOT be fine.